130 THE FLORA OF SINGAPORE. 
M. Hookeriana Wall. Usually about 20 feet tall, witn large 
leaves covered when young with brown wool which peels 
off as the leaves become coriaceous, fruit covered with 
brown wool. Not rare, Tanglin, Bukit Timah, Chan 
Chu Kang, Choa Chu Kang. 
M. Cantleyi Hook, fil. Bukit Timah. 
M. longifolia Wall. Bukit Timah. 
M, pendulina Hook. The only tree of this species known is in 
the Botanic Gardens, but must have been planted. 
MONIMIACE2. 
Matthea sancta Bl. “ Churom.” A large shrub with small yellow 
flowers and steel blue fruits. The Jakuns smoke the 
leaves with tobacco to cure headaches. Common in woods 
and thickets, Garden jungle, Bukit Timah, Chan Chu 
Kang, Ange Mo Kio. 
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Trees, more rarely shrubs, with usually unisexual flowers 
A difficult group, owing to the difficulty of getting flowers of 
both sexes and fruits, many being imperfectly known. The 
trees are usually called ‘‘Medang” by the Malays. 
Cryptocarya Griffithiana Wt. “ Medang Buaya.” Medium sized 
tree, with hairy yellow flowers. Not rare, Tampenis, 
Changi, Selitar, river, Changi Teban. 
C. impressa Meissn. ‘“ Munjuat.” <A tall tree. Rare, Garden 
jungle. 
C. ferrea Bl. Chan Chu Kang, Choa Chu Kang, Bukit Mandai. 
And two other species. 
Beailschndedia malaccensis Hook. fil. Rare, Bukit Timah. 
Dehaasia microcarpa Bl. Sungei Jurong. 
Cinnamomum javanicum Bl, Not rare in dense woods, but very 
rarely flowering. Garden jungle, Bukit Timah, Ang 
Mo Kio. 
